The Sun. — London, England, 1818-01-02 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS. AN . UA'IiY I .—Saiird 'last night the Cen -4116"n, MEAD, for Bengal. Sailed this morning the lio meward-hound for the River. Arrived - the Isaac Todd from 'Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Airived the Reinter, fitllllloBE, from London for St. Thomas's. Sailed the Ann, PuncllAsE, for Madeira and Barbadoes, anti his Majesty's ship ftosa'rio On a cruise.—The following East Indiamen passed down Channel I bis morning with a fine breeze from the N. E., _kit Thomas Coutts, Maeiptis Mindy, Lord Lynedock, Earl Balcarras, Buckinghamshire, and MILFORD, DEC. 29. Artived .the Henry, I(ll.cßEaf from St. John's, Newfoundland, with In " of bowsprit and tiller, fore-top-mast sprung, Part of the cargo thrown overboard, and is 'other lvise damaged and leaky ; it is supposed she must discharge to repair. Also arrived the Margaret, ellulgstAx, from London, with loss of main-sail, foresail, and jib ; and the Manna, JONES, from Lond on for Liv'erpool, with her cargo shifted and ber Pumps choaked. ALLPonn HAveN, Dec. 30.—Arrived yesterday the Camden packet from Waterford, with a mail ; 411 d th e Antelope Revenue cutter from a cruise.- 841 1 ed the Auckland packet with - the :nail and pas l'el'gers for Waterford, and the Arrow Tilka, 0. B. I' AwDIAN, frotr. Lisbon for Havre-de-Grace, With ft cargo of cotton. • DEe. 31.—Arrived yesterday the Sandwich Packet, Captain PoT•rER, with the mail and pas le."l.ters from Waterford. The following vessels relnain wind-bound :—Mariner, JONES, for Liver- P " 1 ; Active, RoBERTS, for Dublin ; Diligence, GRlErmis, for ditto; LibC;ry, THOMAS,- for Thomas, JoNEs, for ditto; and Sally, l HomAs, for ditto—all from London, with cargo of sundries. PENZANcE, DEc. 30.—Arrived tl►e and Ann, SLACOMBE, from St. Übe's, leaky, and da- triaged. GRAVESEND, JAN. I.— Arrived the Zelus, from Pernambuco; Britannia, A nder s°ll, from Havre ; Venerable, George, front Dub lin ; Martha,. Bartlett, from Malaga ; Albion, Zttchmontl, from Gottenburgb ; Regent, Coaler, , f , " ) in Seville ; Teazer, Rogers, from Rouen ; Mulham, from ditto ; Avon, Jones, from '..„ - N W Idin; Friendship, alter, from Water forts ; Taylor, from Cork ; Maria, Loreige, from N ewfoundland ; Mtrodina, Siens, from the pe. Sailed the Intrepid, John Jonbson, for "Iparaiso and Bengal ; gmen, \V. Fit, for Lniaica ; Charles, .R. West, for Savannah ; Su ssn, John Ayles, for Limerick. TAIIIF OF DUTIES. AT CAYENNE. The French Consul at flanlburgh has published the followiog Notice TARIF OF THE. EXPORT AND IMPORT DUTIES IN THE ISLE OV CAYENNE. The COnsul of •France has the honour to announce to the Merchants, that an expedition has hten sent to the Island of Cayenne, to resume possession of it in the name of his Most Christian Majesty. As foreign flags are to be admitted into that Colony till further orders, the Tsrif of Customs to be provisionally put ILL force there has been fixed as follows ImPon•rATtaN. By Foreign Vessels l5 per Cent. By French Vessels There shall be levied no more than a duty of 1 par cent. ad valorem, and 3 per cent. in the half metrical quintal on Salt Beef, and Cod, imported by foreign vessels, conformably tc ' the Decree of the 30th of August, 1784, and the Ordinance !`` f the Bth of February, 1816. EXPORTATION. fly French Vessels By Foreign Vessels l5 Ditto. In case that his Majesty should see reason to change or to tn °dify the cases of the Tarif, his intentions will be made I nown six months beforehand. hated Hatuburgh, December 23., 181 7. „Several Gentlemen arriv e d a t Ply mou th on "esday from the coast of France, who stale that t here is not a shadow of doubt as to the loss of the Indian, of London, the bull of which, Con taining 58 bodies, has her!) recovered, anti sold in /'ranee; besides this, there are bolts picked up, olHkirked I n di an , o f L on d o n:—The twists and tber parts of ships cvcre frequently picked up °kl the coast for some days miter the storm had abated. , The Thames, from London to Itimburgh, w a s '(l▪ at in the Elbe on the 19th. She is stated to he 'flaured for no less a sum than 100,0001. The va r N R 0 consisted of indi go , & c . I , h t is sa id, th a t th e e ld est sun o f Sir FRACIS 45 0 "DETT will shortly recei ve th e h an d o f a ' la ughter of the Duke of MARLBORoUGH. Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH art ived on Wed /lesday at their house in St. James's-square front il riglit on. • : Lord WESTMEATH was amongst the last arri -413 Dubli n f rom England. His Lordship will :_ c eive a cons i dera b le accession of fortune by the deat h of Archdeacon KING. Colonel MOWCEY, son of the Marshal Duke of th e a EGLIAtsm, has been;taken from his family an. t• rench army in a melancholy manner. lie and jumped over a ditch, support by in mself upon hi s m us k e t, w hi c h was l oa d e d : " r ne accident the piece went o ff, j ust a t th e the " te at wh en t h e muzzle was pointe d towar d s tivl had of the unfortunate young man, to u ell the wh o l e contents entere d, an d b e di v d. 1/011 the spot. i' , 6 ET It ir. MOSCOW A SONNET. Moscow, I hailed thee in thy fiery 'tomb, . - TO its deeP rest by Eial haiols counnended t-- the Gaul had once polluted thee; and whom The bloodstain of his presence had offended,: What else than flames could' purify?—Thy dame Of palace and of temple, 'nobly blended With thy poor patriot's cottage, on the foe , Rnsh'd down avenging ; and to the wide snow Drove him accursed tf,rth, whose waste extended . Far on in hopeless want and houstless woe. Aloscow, I hail thee now :---thy towers, how splendid, They from their glorious fall li'ave re-ascended! Yet did thy Czar a dearer triumph owe:— Still PARIS stands;—nor yet her guilty p:•ide is ended! THE REWARD OF KNOWLEDGE: AN ODE, fly GODFREY Wit,roN, Esq. What Student bath not dvarly bought The honour of a name, Whose eye hedimmed and wandering thought Remind him of his fame ? They dream not—they who knoti them not-- What cares await the lonely lot, Of him whose lamp at midnight burns: What keen remorse for moments gone, What dread of evils coming on, Perplex the mind by turns! Though fears assault his darker hOur ) And hateful spectres start— Yet Knowledge bath a stela pow'r To fascinate the heart. Fame—Wealth—Preferment!—need I say How little ye can e'er repay The mighty labours of his prime ? Behold the high reward assign'd— To revel, with unsated mind, Amid " the spoils of time" ! REGISTER OF FASHION. FASHIONAI3LK CHANGES. Countess De Grey, for her seat, Putney Heath ; Lord and Lady E. H. Cavendish, for the Duke •f Devonshire's seat, Chattesw•orth; the Dowager Countess of Essex, at her house in Curzon-street, May-fair; Lady Le Despencer, at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street; the ['lon r.Vannack, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square; the Earl of Lauderdale, on a visit to Sir Wm. and Lady Houston, at their seat in Sussex; Lord and Lady Ossulston, for their seat, Walton, Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. Halford and family, at their house in Piccadilly, from Sussex ; Si► W. Brahazon, K.B. from the St. Petersburg!) Hotel, Dover-street, to Cheltenham ; G. H. Hadfield, Esq. of Old Hall, Cheshire, from ditto to Brighton ; Commodore Stuart, U. S. from ditto ; Commodore Blaver, U. S. from ditto; Captain Harris, U. S. from ditto; Captain Thompson, U.S. from ditto ; Captain 'ruder, U.S. from ditto; Dr. (leap, U. S. from ditto, to Portsmouth. SPORIING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TAT] DERBY, TERSALUS, JAN. I. • ISIS. 15 to 1 agst Crecy 20 to 1 Piccaroon 50 to 1 Lancashire Witch 9 to 1 ag't Milton It to 1 Truffle 13 to 1 Ringtail 14 to 1 Allegrdtto OAKS, 1818. 6 to 1 agst Loo 13 to I agst any other. OATLANDS.. 3 to 1 agst Lear G to 1 agst Captain Candid. 4to 1 Sovereign Betting on the Derby has within the last few days expe. rienced a considerable change, and is getting very brisk. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMIMIDGE, JAN. 1.-At an ordination holden at IVells by the Lord Bishop of that Diocese, on Sunday the 21st nit. the Rev. Thomas Mnsgrave, M. A. Fellow of Ttinity College, was ordained Priest ; and John Ashbri.lge, M. A. lord T. S. Gossett, NI. A. also Fellow's of Trinity College, were ordained Deacons. Tl►e Rev. Thomas Talbot, MA. was last week instituted to tl►e Rectory of Truston, Suffolk, on the presentation of the King. The Rev. J. Fayrer, M. A. late of Clare Hall, has been presented to the Prebend of Ileredurn Morney, alias Mornays, fo►►nded in the church of Endellion, Cornwall, void by the death of the ltev. Dr. Flamank. The Marquis and Marchioness cif STAFFORD gave an elegant entertainment yesterday to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of . Cum- BERLAND, and-a large party of distinction, at their residence in Cleveland-square. LADY CLIVE.—On Sunday last, the 28th De cember, at Oakley Park, near Ludlow, (lied Lady CLivr., in the eighty-fourth year of her age, re lict of ROBERT, first Lord CLIVR, the founder of our empire in Bengal. Lady CLivt: was in va rious parts of India when her husband commanded the army there. She joined him in -Calcutta after the re-taking of that town, and the decisive battle of Plassey. The death of Lord CI-Iva took place in 1774. After that tragical event Lady Ct.tvE retired to the country, and confined herself to the society of her near connections : above 40 years of her blameless and exemplary life were thus pass ed in widowhood and seclusion. To those ac quainted with the virtues of this .excellent wo man, her kind and affectionate disposition, the artless simplicity of her manners, her piety, ge nerosity, and gooth;ess, it is difficult to record the event of her death, though at R filature age, and in the a rmy of her children, without addinge few words of sincere regret and respect for her me mory. THE FRANKLIN MANUSCRIPTS.—The publica tion of the second portion of these valuable and interesting Papers is merely delayed for a few days. It is to 'appear at the same _ time in Eng land, France, and America. This Second Portion contains the "Memoirs of Dr. FRANKLIN'S Life and Writings now first published from the original MSS. written by himself, to a late period, and continued to the time of his death, by his Grand son, WM. TEMPLE FRANKLIN.—PubIic curiosity has, perhaps, never been more highly raked than towards this Work, which has so long been confi. dently asserted to have been suppressed by the British Government. THE THEATRE. A Tragedy Ivhicb 11;td been announced some Lime' at Covent-Garden Theatre, was last night ttn,:,:ght fortv4rd under !he title ßetribution; or, 'Pile Chiejtaip's Daughter. DP,A NIATIS PERSON. Vannes, King of Persia Sir. YouNG. Chosra o,l'his.sons • j )Ir. 111 6 Cur...‘nr., Hatned, . , I Mr. C. REM'S 1.6% Alias, a Persian Lard Mr. EGEKTpN. Hatiz, his son Suthes, a Captive Chieftain Soli rii I), the king's Chamberlain Mr..CoNNort. Kohml, Contidiair to Chosroo Mr. Co:q.t.:a. Devali, !lave to Chusroo Mr. JEFruitt ps. ZiMa, Daughter ta suthes Miss O'NEILL. TH E FAtLE. The date of the Tragedy is supposed to h ie in the fourth century ; the Scene is laid in the Royal Palace of Chesi plm, the 'ben capital of the Persian dominions, and the time repre sented is two days. The piece opens on the Anniversary of the. Accession of Vanities to the 1 prone ; his elder son, Chosroo, returns triumphant front :in expedition, against one of the rude Tribes which inhabit the CarPuchion Moun tains; among- his captives is t lie Chieftain of the Tribe, Stints, whose daughter Zintra had been previously carried otf by chosum, but had been rescued from biro, and was now , protected and concealed by Hamed, the younger brother of Chrism°. These two brothers now dispute, and successively obtain possession. of the captive Chieftain and his daughter. They are ddivered by Varanes to his virtuous son Hauled, but are- again forcibly seized by Chosroo, ho is found to possess a strong and mysterious hold over the acious of Lis father, which arises front his knowledge of some fearful crime, of which the latter has been guilty. The Violence of Chosroo against the captives, and his latent designs of treason against the throne, are discovered by Va ranes, who seeks Chosroo, when surrounded by his arined slaves, awes linn into temporary fear, and commands him to desist from his pin:poses; GhoSrOti, however, whose love is indignantly rejected by Zitura., confines her and her father in separate dungeons. flafiz, with his fattier Abdas, and the King's Chamberlain, Sobrab, had, in the previous part of the Play, found Varanes senseless, and on his recrery had i card fall from him frantic expressions, which con vinces the former of these,- 1-fafiz, an impetuous young man, that Varanes had mounted the throne by the murder of his brother and predecessor, Sapor; lee iirsultS Ranted with the charge, who dying to his father, Varanes, to inquire into its tiuth;tinds it confirmed. Ifamed, found by Chosroo standing over his fanning father, is now charged .by him with the murder of Varanes, whose body is cat vied off. Horned, ttigether with Sothes, chargtil also with trefisonabfe designs, are on the point of beingied, to execution, notwithstanding the 'prayers and intreaties of Zinira, when it was found that ,the body brought in as that of the King, is, in fact, that of a slave, who hail been commissioned by ChasMo to destroy him ; the lite of the King having been saved by Hafiz, while endea vouring to rescue Suthesa , al Zimra. ,Varanes now re-appears, orders Chosroo to execution ; discover s Retribution ' for his own crime in the misconduct and guilt of his son, and dies exhausted and heart - broken. flamed and Zimra mount together the throne of Persia, and the curtails falls. It is evident from the foregoing outline 'of this Play, that it must, in many parts, be recommend er) by a strong interest, and if that interest does not uniformly extend through the whole piece, it may be asked what Drama can boast of such an • expanded impression, The fact is, that a judions Poet would regard the principle of light and sluide, and ‘vould not distress or weary the mind by a continual call for sympathy, and too powerful and continued an agitation of the feelings. The cha ltctets are well drawn, • diversified, and, in the instance of two brothers, admirably con. !raved. If the interest declines in some pas sages, the result, however, is favourable to• the general effect, as those parts which chiefly affect the feelings detive a stronger influence from the alternation. It may be thought that some of the ~ -iticidents are improbable, but the course of events in a distant country, and at a remote perio,l; is not to he measured in the criti cal scales of another country, wider the controul of a tegular Government, and where the highest Chavacters are amenable to the Laws and to Pub lic Opinion. Yet, in judging of dramatic works in which the scene of action is so remote in time and place, and where the manners are essentially different, it is hardly possible for the mind to escape from a secret bias arising from its domestic habitudes, and the regular pursuits of civilized society. The same observation is applicable to the sentiments, as well as the cha racters, of persons drawn from a source in which such sentiments and characters must necessarily be moulded, in a great degree, by the form of the • Government ;' and though the germ of natural passions will prevail in all countries, and at all times, yet they must be impeded or directed in their growth and in their progress through lite. Such, we presume to hope, will be considered - as • the dictates of liberal criticism, and by such a test would a liberal public decide if such considerations occurredto them, and were the result of the neces sary study and retleel ion which it is,impossible to ex . peel in a mixed multitude. The sentiments of this Tragedy are generally elevated, and, as we con ceive, qaite appropriate,.considering, as we before obserVed, the scene of action and the nature of ita government, more particularly as the progress of time and cieil;zation may have produced changes in that government different from its present forms and usuages. The language corresponds with the seotiments, and in general is highly poetical. We learn from the Prologue that the Author is quite a novice in dramaticcomposition. We understand that his name is DILLON; and that he is a very young Man. If so, we ought not only to treat with a lenient hand whatever may admit of ob• jectiou, but to consider this work as a very extra ordinary proof of early genius. The Author is much indebted to the Performers, particularly to YOUNG, C. KEMBLE, MACHEADY, Tangy, at'd Miss O'NEILL, and also to the Manager, for having given every adventitions grace of costume and scenery to his composition. The andienee re ceived the piece with their usual candour through out, and many passages excited great applause. It was announced for this evening ; and we have little doubt that.a piece of so mach intrins.,,, me rit, the effusion, too, of youthful genius, so well acted also, and with such beauty and grandeur of scenery, will gradually rise in public ::•stiinalion, and secure the attractive popularity which it so well deserves. HoRSELF,Y-DOWN —Some Of our Metropolitan Antiquarians are rather puzzled! to aseertant the origin or etymology of this local appellation. The most authentic is deduced from the traffitionary account, that King ions, in one of his Ades to the eastward of his capital, (lo which dir=ection, it it On record, that he waa partial), had been se verely hurt, by his horse . falling under bim, neatly about the centre of those thoroughfares which have so long borne the above name. The ania.al lay supine suttee time after the Hopi rider had extricated himself, and the spot received the homely appellation of " Horse lie down !" which in the lapse of years was colloquially corrupted into " Uorsley-down." PRIVATE COR it E I'ONDENCL',. PAIOS, PEC.29.—The I)alie of WELLINGToN has arrived at Paris. Ills Grace, it is said, hai no. other object in this visit to the'capiNl but to, pay hjs respects to the Kia at t',e ne.:s+ year.— The presence of the Noble Duke at .i'aci3 however, it is hoped, accelerate a little the hego ciations about the foreign claims, rind ! st,y of the Allied Armies in France, which for some time: have threatened to be indefinitely pridoti4va. Duke, after remaining. some time at win proceed to England. Up to this time therels appearance of a change of Ministry, thong!, t'ne present Administration have lost much in pubho opiniOn since the opening of the Chambers The , ing has , warned, within these few days, person; of the Court, and principally those who sit in tilt Chamber of Peers, to take care how they vote against Projets of Laws or measures of his Mi uisters, on pe,ril of I;eing disgraCed. VIENNA, DEC. 18.---A great part of the suite of the Archduke Rainier . , appointed Viceroy of Ow Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, has left Vienna for Milan. it is believed that the Archduke himself sill 'proceed thither in the month of January next. - GUERNSEY, DEC. 26. ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE. The States of this Island have unanimously adopted tl►e following Address : " TO HIS ROYAL. HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT. " IVe, the Commander in Chief, the Bailiff tool 'Jurats, the Clergy, the King's Procuror, and the Constablesolhis Majesty's Island of Guernsey, in the States assembled, do humbly beg leave tO approach your Royal Highness, with minds im pressed with poignaut grief at the afflicting cala mity which at present overwhelms us, in common with all his Majesty's faithful sebjects. " In. expressing our sentiments of condolence on the melancholy event of the loss of a Princess, endeared to your Royal Highness by the warmest filial affection, and to he'r 'lllustrious Consort by every virtue that can adorn exalted station ; a Princess universally beloved, who lived in the hopes of millions, and who expired in tiie tears of an afflicted nation, we devoutly implore the Al mighty Disposer of all things to vouchsafe to grant 'your Royal Highness that Christian fortitude which is our only consolation the hour of cala mity, and which will enable your Royal Highness to look forward with pious hope, that a legitimate offspring will never be wanting to perpetuate the present dynasty of these realms. " Actuated by fervent Zeal, anti the most livey sense of the blessings we enjoy under your Royal Highness's paternal 6overnment, we humbly sup plicate the Almigy to preserve your Royal. liirliness in health and prosperity and that your Royal Hi2liness may very lo,g continue the blessing of your faithful people, is the ardeot prayer of, no,,y it please your lt , yal Highness, your Royal . 11igliiiess's most datifal and most bumble servauts." The Band of the 3d Regiment of Guards left torn yesterday morning fur Windsor. An eloquent and impressive sermon was preached at 11.-41111 on the day of the funeral of the Princess CHARLOTTE, by the Rev. AIIERCiIoMBY GORDoN. It was attended by a very nismeroas congrega tion; including the latrl at F IFa. and th e prin. inhabitants of the town, dressed in deep mourning. At an early hour yesterday morning fifty convicts were removed from Newgate to the Tower Wharf, and there put on board the Tha , nes Stearn Packet, to be conveyed to the balks at Sheerness, reparatory to tran=portation. Many of them were tried at the last and preceding Ses sions, for picking pockets, the Court having come to the determination of sending all these charac ters out of the country. the streets of London being so infested with them, and particularly by those of a juvenile description. Twenty-five more were sent oil to Portsmouth last Montloy. As t he Balloon coach from Shrewsbury to this town was lately passing near I-loverley Hill, about half -past eight o'clock in the morning, one of the outside passengers saw, in a field adjoin ing the road, the :lead body of a young woman a complete state of ; she was lying on her face, her clothes were a short distance from her, and there were no marks of violence On her per son. She some years ngo re s ided with a Gentle man in Shrewsbury. It to been ascertained that she was insane, and is :iiipposed to have stripped herself, and dirt) front the inclemency of the weather. The body seas removed to a conve nient place for an investigation before a Coroner's Jury.----ißirminghata Paper, Dec. 31.) SUPPOSED STARVATION.—Ye , :ferday an Inqui sition was held at the Horns 'raven), opposite Sboredirch Church, before J. NV. LIN WIN, Esq. on the body of Win. Williams; a pour man, 50 years of age, who was found dead in one of the cottages in Margaret-fiehrs. The Jury a!ter some deliberation returned a Verdict of----`` Died a natural Death." StNGuLArt DEATH.--Wednesday evening an in quest was beld'at the Brazen Ileac!, Lisson-green, before Mr. ST:1:1A NG, on the body of Thomas Inwood, late of Bates • s-toss, Padding ton, who'came to his death by eating an earthen tnbacco-pipe on Satiaday last. It appeared, that on Saturday last, bet %Veet4 three and tour o'clock, the deceased went home iititState of ir.ltoxicatlon, and after taking soine ruin, which was in the house, began to smoke his p!pe - ..Ale soon kt the pipe fall, which was broke into took up the two pieces, and said, " Yon and I have : I n p ig b een acytAintC(l ; you have dvserted me now, and lor that eat you." Lie then pia it his month, and ate it, piece alit r piece : alcr which he was taken very ill, and complained 0; it pain in his stomach. A siirgeon was sent for, who tzave a strong emetic; ooi withstanding Which the deceased expired on Monday morning. he stoniacb was opened, but the contcals had }wk . +, taken off by the force of the emetic. Verdict— " Died by the risitution of .